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Patents, Thickets and the Financing of Early-Stage Firms: Evidence from the Software Industry

In: Entrepreneurship: Strategy and Structure

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Iain M. Cockburn
Megan J. MacGarvie

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Thomas Hellman & Scott Stern, 2009. "Entrepreneurship: Strategy and Structure," NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number hell07-1.
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  1. Bronwyn H. Hall & Megan MacGarvie, 2006. "The Private Value of Software Patents," NBER Working Papers 12195, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Iain M. Cockburn & Megan J. MacGarvie, 2006. "Entry, Exit and Patenting in the Software Industry," NBER Working Papers 12563, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Carl Shapiro, 2001. "Navigating the Patent Thicket: Cross Licenses, Patent Pools, and Standard Setting," NBER Chapters, in: Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 1, pages 119-150 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!]
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  4. James E. Bessen & Michael J. Meurer, 2006. "Patent Litigation with Endogenous Disputes," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 96(2), pages 77-81, May. [Downloadable!]
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  5. James Bessen & Eric Maskin, 2006. "Sequential Innovation, Patents, and Imitation," Economics Working Papers 0025, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science. [Downloadable!]
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  6. Samuel Kortum & Josh Lerner, 2000. "Assessing the Contribution of Venture Capital to Innovation," RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 31(4), pages 674-692, Winter.
  7. Iain M. Cockburn & Stefan Wagner, 2007. "Patents and the Survival of Internet-related IPOs," NBER Working Papers 13146, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  8. Bronwyn Hall, 2004. "Exploring the patent explosion," ESRC Centre for Business Research - Working Papers wp291, ESRC Centre for Business Research. [Downloadable!]
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  9. Ashish Arora & Andrea Fosfuri & Alfonso Gambardella, 2004. "Markets for Technology: The Economics of Innovation and Corporate Strategy," MIT Press Books, The MIT Press, edition 1, volume 1, number 0262511819, December.
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  1. Müller, Elisabeth & MacGarvie, Megan & Cockburn, Iain, 2008. "Patent Thickets, Licensing and Innovative Performance," ZEW Discussion Papers 08-101, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
  2. Carolin Haeussler & Dietmar Harhoff & Elisabeth Müller, 2009. "To Be Financed or Not...- The Role of Patents for Venture Capital Financing," Discussion Papers 253, SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems, Free University of Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Bonn, University of Mannheim, University of Munich. [Downloadable!]
  3. Haeussler, Carolin & Harhoff, Dietmar & Mueller, Elisabeth, 2009. "To Be Financed or Not… - The Role of Patents for Venture Capital Financing," CEPR Discussion Papers 7115, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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